My son received one award letter that has Pell Grant = $1225. However, FAFSA says we are not eligible for Pell Grant, most probably due to middle-class income status. Therefore, is this an error made by the college or is there flexibility around Pell Grants? Thanks.
Did you link your FAFSA to the IRS Data Retreival tool? Is there any chance there was a mistake on your FAFSA?
Do you have more than one child in college next year?
I was unable to link due to an identity theft hold on my account. No - I will only have one child. Likely somewhere there is an error then?
Likely. Your FAFSA EFC would need to be in the $4000 range for that Pell.
Thanks - we definitely felt like the overall package was a bit generous so we will call them on Monday!
You are smart to call. They could have made an error. It happens.